Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-08

SIGN with Mr.. Jones-"whn were sent to
Alstin," he ssys, "by Misguided people
as an invitation to tn wrata OF God!"
Now, 1t seems to US, that journals and
journalists are absolutely of no account
to the public unless they stick to the
truth; or, at least, try TO DO so; and do
not the Express and their legislative
correspondent know that they are
stretching the blanket" indefinitely
when they thus coolly charge O majority
of the people of Texas with deliberately
Drawing the wrath Of their Heavenly
Father from whom all their blessing flow?
And do they not know, too, that all their
readers will see ct q glance that they are
not only stretching" but actually "tear
ing the blanket in two" in nearly every
denuncistion they hurl, every fling they
make at the House of Representatives,
and particularly those so disingenuously
aimed at the farmers in that body?
a singular statement, "impoItant il
true" is made by Mr. Garfield, TO the
effect that certain "leadmg lawyers"
have informed him that "the forty
unkempt and cravatless members OF the
House" CHATS also lick a. the farmers,
only one Of whom, it is said, actually
goes without cravat-and even that
don't prevent him from speaking forci5ly
and to the point "wh0 met in caucus"
and got up the resolution OF expulsion,
are ''liable to Indictment for CorspiraCy."
A member who did net vote for the res0-
luton says he would be much obliged il
Mr.. Garfield would name one or two of
those 'Ieading lawyers Or better still,
lei the Express and Mr.. Gautield employ
one or more Of item TO assist the com
monwealth's attorney to prepare the in
dictment and prosecute 'the forty cCG-
spirators!" That would be rare fun for
the tabled forty-rare fun, indeed, for
the "homely"- the "uely"-
tine-looking LOG.
Mr.. Jones OF Pamela ito whom the
Express correspondent pitches with
peculiar gusto, is, in point Of fact, very
sensible, solid, substantial and reputable
member and, though may dress plainly,
is always decent; and though he may not
wear 1iashy cravat, always represents
his people with fidelity and success. But,
Mr.. Garfield describes him with a
charcoal pencil as being "kaown only to
that portion of the country bounded by
the Confederit X-Cross Roads (sic) on
one side, and the Sabine river on the
other''-t thus cOndescending TO the use OF
the very language and the caluminous
spelling of that most venomOus and
INSCRIPTIONS sl0nderer of the south and
her people, the notorious willing known
to US only by the doubly d-devilish
pseudonym OF petroleum V. Nasty"
Passing over, for lack of space, much
else that might with justice be pro-
nounced unworthy the dignity OF true
journalism in Mr.. Canfield's comments
on the personel OF the House of Repre-
sentatives, we come to the startling and
sensational assertion that sit is an actual
fact that the present Legislature, during
/ its vUluble life Of month and g half, has
not framed ore single law OF any imp1r-
lance whatever" This sweeping charge,
however, is but another illustration of
the wonderfully inventive power Of this
most imaginative and "briiliant young
| journalists" for we are Credibly informed
that it is now fact OF general nOtoriety
among clerks and reporters SIS well
as the members that no preceding House
ever got down to its WORK so quickly,
/ ever worked so iudustriously, ever
did better work, or enacted so much
useful and important legislation, as has
this. For example, the members claim
and the RECORDS prove that, whereas
the last House in the first forty days of
the session perfected and passed less
than forty-fve bills, the present body, in
the same space of time, has perfected and
passed more than $50. As matter of
course, many of these bills are of local
and comparatively unimportant charac
ter, but among them are also many OF
great general importance to the entire
state, while others are believed to be adj
mirsbly designed to amend important
general laws long known to need amend
ment, besides still others calc ulated TO be
of great benefit to the people at large.
But, after all, we presume that our
brilliant young journalist" is not so
much 10 blame for mis- qulXOtic assaults
upon our Legislature as might be sup
posed, if what we have heard from an au-
thenuc source DE strictly true-namely:
That he came here with an i'm
perative general order" from headquar-
ters at San Antonio to assail the House OF
Representative land particularly the farm
ing element, collectively and individually,
on all possible occasions; 10 "cry aloud
aud spare not" even to the bitter end
| Now if this be sO-and there is no reason
to doubt it-all that mas happened shows
up as I matter of course. Several 'sen-
! sdLIOnS, more VI ICSS lOul anu SA pIOSlVe,
! have been wrought cut, and that grand
Cesideratum, the circulation and sale of
! the newspaper, we presume, have been
| largely increaseG-alI in due course.
For this Is an age of "progressiye journal
ISM" and the onward march to the
"brighter and better day. must be at
tended with many surprises, and must be
made over mary rough places, through
many dark and devious ways. Sic iUur
ad Estra
( Not only have mis- brothers OF the press
rallied almost unanimously to the de-
| Tense of the ''alieged brilliant young
jouruGlst"-the editor of the Fort Worth
GAZETTE being so far, we believe, the
only eXception-but they have also, in
most cases, drawn freely upon their i'm
aginstions Tor their facts, IS in the nota-
BILE example first quoted, and also in
many others too numerous to quote, Of
which the correspondent of the Houston
Post furnishes very brilliant sample,
when, the day after the expulsion he roll
| lickingly said: members are already
sick of the expulsion, and well they may
be, tor they have got themselves laughed
at ami ridicule6 nv all sensible neOnIa -